You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Twin Cities Area
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown